Hindu Succession Act, 1956, Section 16 -- Property inherited from husband or father-i, law - Unregistered compromise decree in favour of sister's son of widow - Sisters son is not family member - He has no remote chance of succession...........
Hindu Law -- Partition - Joint family property - Portion of property sold for legal necessity by one of co-owners who has right over property - Said portion will not be available for purpose of partition - However, vendor of such property should be allotted equitable share in partition...........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 10, 11 -- Adoption deed - Entry in revenue records - Adoption was made by both the adoptive parents - Biological parents of minor have executed the deed with their joint consent - Both the parties are Hindus - Child was unmarried and eligible to be adopted in each and every aspect - Adoption deed also contains the..........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 4, 18, 19 -- Maintenance - Any liability in respect of maintenance of daughter-i, law on death of son cannot be fastened upon self-acquired property of parents-i, laws...........
Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, Section 4, 18, 19, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 125 -- Maintenance - Maintenance of wife is personal obligation of husband - Such an obligation cannot be satisfied from self-acquired property of parents of husband - During subsistence of marriage maintenance of married wife is personal obligation on part of husband -..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13, 5(b) -- Divorce - Non-consummation of marriage by wife due to her physical inability and mental disorder - Neither any medical document produced by husband, nor doctor examined by husband - Divorce petition rightly rejected...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ia), 13(1)(ib) -- Divorce - Cruelty and desertion - Petition by husband - Divorce petition filed after 18 years of marriage - Wife forced to leave matrimonial home due to behavior of husband - No efforts made by husband to bring her back - It was the husband who deserted wife - Husband miserably failed to prove that wife caused any..........
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 17, Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955, Section 3 -- Untouchability - Free entry of Dalits in temples - If any member of Dalit community is prevented from enjoying rights which are available to members of Hindu Religion or section, it would certainly be an activity which attracts penal provision contained in S.3 of the Act - Even,..........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ib) -- Divorce - Desertion - Not a withdrawal from place, but from a state of things - It is the repudiation by one of all obligations of marriage...........
Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, Section 13(1)(ib) -- Divorce - Desertion - Petition by husband - Filing of divorce petition by husband within two days of leaving matrimonial home by wife shows the hollowness in his claim of making sincere efforts to bring her back...........
